Adventurer Conqueror King System

Your Journey from Adventurer to King Begins Now!

Enter a world where empires totter on the brink of war, and terrible monsters tear at the fragile borderlands of men; where decaying cities teem with chaos and corruption, nubile maidens are sacrificed to chthonic cults and nobles live in decadent pleasure on the toil of slaves; where heroes, wizards, and rogues risk everything in pursuit of glory, fortune, and power. This is a world where adventurers can become conquerors – and conquerors can become kings.

Will you survive the perils of war and dark magic to claim a throne? Or will you meet your fate in a forgotten ruin beyond the ken of men?

The Adventurer Conqueror King System™ (ACKS) is a new fantasy role-playing game that provides the framework for epic fantasy campaigns with a sweeping scope. With the Adventurer Conqueror King System™ you can:

Build and run a living world for adventure on a grand scale. With game mechanics built to support emergent play, ACKS is the ultimate RPG for sandbox campaigns.

Whether you want to crawl through dungeons, trade with merchant caravans, run a merchant emporium, conquer an empire, or even raise an undead legion, ACKS supports your playstyle with simple, fast-playing game mechanics.

I recently purchased the pdf/combo of the ACKS main rule book through DriveThrurpg.com. I am extremely disappointed with the quality of the printing. The paper is thin, flimsy and see through. Very cheap feeling. The print and tables are look like they were printed on home office inkjet a printer running out of ink, they are muted and hard to read. The hard cover binding is fine but the paper and printing is just awful.

I regret paying a premium price of $30 for this product.

Alexander MJune 09, 2016 1:37 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Thaddeus, I'm sorry to hear your book came out so badly. We here at Autarch don't control the quality of the printing process unfortunately - it's standardized at each tier - but if you email us at support@autarch.co I will address your problem directly. Thanks for checking out ACKS.

Thaddeus MJune 09, 2016 11:03 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Alex and his team quickly resolved this issue. Thank you for offering superior customer service.

March 22, 2015 3:10 pm UTC

PURCHASER

In the current version of the PDF there are issues in the Monsters chapter. Specifically, the images (e.g. Elf, Gnome, Ghoul) cover up text. Is it possible to correct this? Thank you in advance.

Alexander MMarch 25, 2015 2:36 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

George, it's been fixed - please let us know if the latest version has any issues.

Anyone familiar with original D&D or any of its more recent clones will naturally know the gist of the system from the start, there are a few surprises within this tome however. It uses an ascending AC system that is a little different than usual. [...]

I really loved this game,
He's part of the reason i turned an OSR game now. Maybe the system is not revolutionnary but it's easy to grasp with few interesting things, like the way the proficiencies are working, that add a lot to the game.
It's really [...]

Well put together and designed, but I still have and use all my first edition AD&D books, so there was really nothing new or revolutionary about this game system. Basically, it's more accessible than the original books, which is good, but if you ar [...]

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